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Epidemiological characterization and distribution of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in Italy.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Feb 2012
Mezzatesta M L, D'Andrea M M, Migliavacca R, Giani T, Gona F, Nucleo E, Fugazza G, Pagani L, Rossolini G M, Stefani S
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This study was aimed at tracing the molecular characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) clinical isolates in Italy with both pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Two hundred and two CRAB isolates were collected during 2004-2009, in two different surveillance periods, from 22 Italian hospitals that were representative for both distribution and...
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